· 2/21/1950
Sankey v. Interstate Dispatch, Inc.
Citations
- 90 N.E.2d 265
- 339 Ill. App. 420
How courts have described this case
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- the defendant’s employee, whose alleged negligence injured the plaintiff, was not incompetent to testify under Dead-Man’s Act in the plaintiffs action against employer
- defendant's employee was not an \adverse party\ for purposes of Dead-Man's Act where employee had no right to call witnesses, control proceedings, or pursue a defense
- parties are all persons having a right to control the proceedings, to make a defense, to call and .cross-examine witnesses, and to appeal from the decision
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Judges: Burke
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